Kitchen

for everyday use

Task: mixing, chopping, grinding, blending

Suitable for: (green) smoothies, soups, sauces, dips, plant milk, nut flour/powder, nut butter, ice cream, sorbets, pesto ...

Look for:

• min. approx. 20.000 RPM
• min. 900 Watt
• BPA free

Recommendations: Vitamix, Blendtec, Bianco di Puro, Omniblen

Price: from aprox. 400 €

Blenders with less power and fewer RPM are not suitable for making green smoothies, where the purpose is to break the cellulose cell walls.

High speed quality devices allow for longer blending time (2–3 minutes) and therefore creating a warm soup.

For raw food beginners, for preparation of smaller quantities, perfect travel companion.

Task: mixing, chopping, grinding, blending

Suitable for: (green) smoothies, shakes, soups, sauces, dips, nut milks, powder/flour from nuts/seeds, sorbets, pestos...

Look for:

• min. approx. 20.000 RPM
• min. 600 Wat
• BPA free

Recommendations: NutriBullet 600, Foodmatic PM1000 (more and more good quality and affordable equipment can be found on the market).

Blenders with less power and fewer RPM are not suitable for making green smoothies, where the purpose is to break the cellulose cell walls.

Task: Cold extraction through slow squeezing of the juices

Suitable for: juicing fruit, vegetables, leafy greens

Look for:

• BPA free

Recommendations: Green Way, Omega, Hurom, Tribest, Oscar, Kurvings, Angel (more and more good quality and affordable equipment can be found on the market).

In contrary to high speed blenders and conventional juicers (centrifugal juicers), the low speed ensures that the juices are pressed gently and without heat. Slow juicer is a nutrient-preserving juicer with a particularly high juice yield.

We distinguish between manual and electric juicers, single auger (vertical and horizontal) and dual gear juicers, as well as citrus juicers. More information at EU Juicers.

Task: mixing, grinding, chopping, slicing, grating.

Suitable for: powder/flour from nuts and seeds, nut butter, ice cream, sorbets, pesto, dips, Gourmet Raw Food dishes: e.g. energy balls or a base for raw cakes

Look for:

• S-blade
• BPA free

Recommendations: Magimix, Cuisinart, KitchenAid, Gastroback (more and more good quality and affordable equipment can be found on the market).

A conventional food processor is often sufficient.

Task: gentle drying of food preservation the enzymes—below 45°C.

Suitable for: drying fruits, vegetables, and activated nuts and seeds, softening vegetables, melting raw cacao butter and raw coconut oil and butter, making raw: bread, crackers, chips, fruit leathers, pancakes, biscuits, falafel, meatballs and much more.

Look for:

• setting the temperature below 45°C
• BPA free

Recommendations: Excalibur, Sedona, Revodry, Klarstein, Biochef (more and more good quality and affordable equipment can be found on the market).

More on drying food in the section Basics under Drying Food.

Task: thin slicing of vegetables

Suitable for: e.g. cabbage for sauerkraut, slicing food for salads, for drying or for Gourmet cuisine dishes.

Look for:

• BPA free
• ceramic blade

Task: cutting thin strips of vegetables

Suitable for: Vegetable spaghetti/pasta made from e.g. carrots, courgettes, kohlrabi, beetroot etc.

Look for:

• BPA free

Recommendations: Gefu, Lurch; hand peeler, spiral slicer, mandoline with thin strip attachment, crank spiralzer, electric spiralzer.

Look for:

• ceramic blade
• sharp